- period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to be born
- Dongxiang ethnic group; see 東鄉族自治縣|东乡族自治县[Dong1 xiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]; see 東鄉區|东乡区[Dong1 xiang1 Qu1]
- it is reasonable to say that...
- small; tiny; few; young
- 东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
- already
- level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level
- person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- rare; infrequent
- talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted
- high-ranking military officer
- to lead; to command; to head
- equipment; to equip; to outfit
- to be in (some state, position, or condition)
- inferior; disadvantaged
- fleet; CL:支[zhi1]
- to annihilate; to wipe out completely; to exterminate
- Russia
- Pacific Ocean
- Baltic Sea
- Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]; emperor; emperor of Japan
- to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]
- navy
- head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- prospects; future outlook; journey
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- flushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc); as pleased as punch
- how?; what?; why?
- (old) to report to one's master
- 呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- to inquire
- gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
- embrace; bosom
- to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
- a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2 gan3 zhe4 yi1 kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same place; in company